Information for New and Returning Students

 (updated September 09)


School Hours and Attendance

Kindergarten (am): Mon 8:25-10:35; Tues-Fri 8:25-11:45  

Kindergarten (pm):  Mon 10:35-12:35; Tues-Fri 11:45-3:05

Grades 1-6: Mon 8:25-12:35; Tues-Fri 8:25-3:05

Buses generally arrive between 8:05 and 8:20am.  Students are allowed to go to their classroom after 8:15.  Students who arrive before 8:15 wait in the cafeteria.  The earliest students can arrive is 8:05am.

Students are tardy after 8:30am and must sign in at the office before going to their classroom.

Pick Up After School, Visitors & Volunteers

At the end of the school day, parents can pick up their child in the school lobby or outside the front doors.

Our Kiss and Ride Carpool procedures are easy to follow.  Four vehicle pickup stations are marked by colored traffic cones allowing staff and patrols to help load four cars at once.  Students line up in numbered lanes (1-5) alphabetically according to last name.  Students and drivers are called to a specific colored cone for boarding.  Additional information will be distributed to Kiss and Ride students.

If your child is going home with a friend, both parents must write a note to the teacher.  It should state who the child is going home with and how (carpool, walking).

If your child is arriving or leaving at times other than regular school hours, you must sign him/her in or out at the office using the green form.  The school prefers regular medical appointments to be scheduled after regular hours whenever possible.  If this is not possible, please send in a note to the teacher stating the reason and time of early dismissal.

You must check in at the office and get a visitor or volunteer sticker each time you visit the school during regular school hours.  Remember to sign out when you leave.

Keep in Touch with Ravensworth

There are seven ways to keep up with what is happening at Ravensworth:

  1. Check your child’s Wednesday take home envelope;
  2. Sign up for the FCPS ‘Keep in Touch’ email notification system. Click here and enter your email address.
  3. Sign up for the PTA Weekly email;
  4. Read the monthly PTA newsletter;
  5. Check the PTA web site at www.ravensworthpta.org;
  6. Check the school web site at www.fcps.K12.va.us/RavensworthES/.
  7. Create a parent's account through FCPS 24-7 Learning, a web platform customized for FCPS students and parents. Through FCPS 24-7, you can check and access homework, classroom assignments, view class calendars, update your student's emergency contact information also known as weCare@school and much more.  
Click here for instructions on creating a new parent view account.  Note that this is separate from your student(s) account(s).  Be sure to have a valid E-mail address and the FCPS student ID numbers for your children when you register. You can find the FCPS student ID number on report cards and student class schedules.  If you do not have an email address, you can register for a free email service or get a free email account from sources such as Google, Yahoo and Hotmail (neither the PTA nor FCPS endorses nor supports these services).

Log in to your parents' FCPS 24-7 Learning account using the following steps:
  1. Using your browser, click on the text FCPS 24-7 Learning on the Fairfax County Public Schools home page, www.fcps.edu or go directly to http://fcps.blackboard.com
  2. In the box labeled "User Name" enter parentreg
  3. In the box labeled "Password" enter newuser
  4. Click Login
  5. You are now at the Parent Portal Registration, select To register Click here
  6. Fill out the basic Parent and Student information
  7. Click Submit
  8. You will see a verification page that includes a unique key
  9. PRINT THIS VERIFICATION PAGE or write down the unique key
  10. Please take the unique key along with your photo ID to the front office of your child's school for verification. Do not send this with your child. You must validate the account in person.
  11. The school will give you a New FCPS 24-7 Learning username and your password will be emailed to you.

If you need support or assistance with your FCPS account please call 1-866-434-8880 or email the FCPS IT Team.

Lunch

Each student from 1st-6th grade has a lunch card.  There are several ways to put money on the card. Add money to your child's account on-line at www.mylunchmoney.com. You will need your child's student ID # which can be found on previous report cards. You may also send in a check made out to Ravensworth ES Food Services.  Include the child’s name & grade in the memo section.  Students give the check to their teacher.  Cash may also be sent in but be sure to include a note stating the purpose of the cash and your student’s name & grade.

Even if your child usually brings a lunch or lunch-money from home, it is recommended that you purchase a lunch card for your child with five or more lunches pre-paid.  The card stays in the cafeteria and can be used if your child forgets a lunch or lunch money.

Other Things to Know

You can contact your child’s teacher by note, email or phone call.  Teachers’ phones are off during the day so if you have an emergency it is best to call the office at 703 426-3600.

On the days your child has Physical Education (P.E.) classes, please be sure they wear athletic shoes.

The school’s Lost-and-Found box is located in the cafeteria.  Please be sure that you and your child check it regularly.

There is no parking on the school side of Nutting Drive between the hours 7am-4pm.
 
PTA Information

The PTA Board, consisting of the elected officers and standing committee chairpersons, meets on the first Tuesday evening of every month in the school library at 7:00pm.  Click here for more information.

The PTA publishes a directory of students and is free upon joining the PTA.  (Directory costs $10 for non-members.)